trove: innovation in access to information. june 2010
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Presentation given for the Creative Industries Innovation Centre. Describing why Trove is innovative, and how collaboration has been key to innovation. Collaboration in digitisation, metadata sharing, storage, committment to open standards and interopability has helped create Trove - a single point of access to Australian information.TRANSCRIPT
Rose Holley: Trove Manager
Resource Sharing and Innovation
National Library of Australia
Creative Industry Innovation Centre (CIIC) and UC Event
11 June 2010
Trove: Innovation in access to Information
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2010 Opportunities for LibrariesTechnology has turned discover on its head:Anyone can Create content…
describe content… recommend content…
Libraries are needed because:• Vast amounts of data• Information expertise• Gatekeepers – can OPEN doors with technology
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The unique role of libraries
• Long term preservation and access
• No commercial motives
• Universal access
• “Free for all”
ALWAYS and FOREVER….3
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NLA Strategic Directions 2009-2011
“We will explore new models for creating and sharing information and for collecting materials, including supporting the creation of knowledge by our users. “
“The changing expectations of users that they will not be passive receivers of information, but rather contributors and participants in information services.”
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Trove in a nutshell
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/04/29/2885984.htm
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Content sources
Australian Collaborative Services
• ANBD – 1000 libraries• Pandora - websites• ARO - Research• RAAM - Archives• Picture Australia• Australian Newspapers
Open sources• Open Library (Internet
Archive)• Hathi Trust• OAISTER
Targets – websites•Amazon•Wikipedia•Google Books/Videos•Flickr
90 million items
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Methods of data collection
• Libraries• Galleries• Museums• Archives
(Deep web hidden in collection databases…)
• Open Archives Initiative (OAI)
• Application Programmers Interface (API)
• FTP/HTTP• Sitemaps
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IT Development
The ‘art of with’ Charles Leadbeater
Not to peopleNot for people
WITH PEOPLE (USERS)
Public feedback drives the development:CRITICAL, RELEVANT, INTERESTING
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browse
groups/
zones
Single search
Restrict
search
11Refine/limit search results
groups/zones results
Get item
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Grouping of versions
Get options
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Buy
Add tag
Add comment
merge/split versions and works if incorrect
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person information
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minimise
expand
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Minimised zones
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User profile
Your settings and history
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finding information just got easier.....
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Interaction at article level
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Add a comment
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Fix text – power edit mode
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After enhancements
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Text correction
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One article corrected by many
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View all corrections on this article
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Show activity in results
RSS feeds
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Newspaper ActivityJune 2010 (22 months since release)
12,000+ volunteers 15 million lines of text corrected
(665,000 newspaper articles) 400,000 tags added 9,000 comments added
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Comments from text correctors• I love it• It’s interesting and fun• It is a worthy cause• It’s addictive• I am helping with something important e.g. recording
history, finding new things• I want to do some voluntary work• I want to help non-profit making organisations like
libraries• I want to learn something• It’s a challenge• I want to give something back to the community• You trust me to do it so I’ll do it
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Hall of Fame
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Doing other web 2.0 stuff
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User generated content
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/37255844 By Nomad Tales
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MASHING
Image of Douglas Mawson through window utilising images from the National Library of Australia including Douglas Mawson (nla.int-ex166-s3-dm) and the tall ships (nla.int-ex86-s1-dm).
The large window frame is my own image from Abminga ruins on the Oodnadatta Track in South Australia.
Image created by Stephen Permezel for Picture Australia.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35985158
Pixshure
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Context – Tools
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Burke and Wills List
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Important• Connections• Linkages• Related• Context
• Sharing• Re-purposing• Mashing• Adding
Giving users
• Access to resources
• Tools to do stuff
• Freedom and choices
•Ways to work collaboratively together
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Building virtual communities - Art of With
Flickr: LucLeqay
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391,378 lines improved
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Don’t stop correcting!
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Harness community
1. Enthusiasm
3. Time
2. Knowledge
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Trove: Future developments1. Updating content – existing contributors
2. Expanding content – new contributors
3. New features• Forum• API
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Innovation dependant on…Collaboration across cultural heritage institutions
(digitisation, storage, service delivery, crowdsourcing).
Data sharing
Being ‘open’ e.g. OAI, API’s
Changing institutional strategic thinking from power/control to freedom
New/old ideas
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Innovating
Learning from Google and utilising Google
Learning crowdsourcing from Wikipedia
Utilising technology effectively (web 2.0)
Experimenting (beta)
Clear vision and strategy (what, why, how)
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Power vs Freedom
“Freedom is actually a bigger game than power.
Power is about what you can control.
Freedom is about what you can unleash.”
Harriet Rubin
Libraries leading a mass movement, not just
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RoseThe site you manage is a nightmare! It’s addictive. Keeps me awake at night. Congratulations!
Mary